Dead Links Are Expensive
When it comes to delivering a positive user experience, any article in EzineArticles that has a dead or broken link is a liability.
BLOG QUESTION OF THE DAY: What should we do with articles that have bad links?
The best option being considered is notifying the member via email and via their EzineArticles Inbox of the fact that they have a dead or broken link with a gentle warning that if they don’t fix the problem within (7) days…that we’ll auto-remove the HREF statement behind their links so that the link is no longer active. Your thoughts?
Probably nicer than I would be about it. I probably would pull the article altogether, because honestly, if they link is dead, it really isn’t doing much to promote anything for the writer, is it?
Then again, I suppose having the content still on EzineArticles’ site is a benefit even without that link.
Still, if the point here for most writers is to offer tidbits of information to both brand themselves as an expert in their field, while promoting themselves or their site, and the links simply don’t work, what benefit is there to keeping the article at all?
Maybe I’m missing something. Anyway, I would likely suspend the article, send the email as to why it was suspended, and then give them time to fix it and make it active again.
Short of that, your idea would likely work too. LOL Just my two cents.
Michy
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